Also, you can get past the dragon by firing an arrow at him from a safepoint near the stairs, then running across the bridge when he comes to land on it. Just run past the dragon when it lands and light the bonfire at the end, this will cause the dragon to fly away.

You'll find a claymore, once of the best weapons to upgrade in the game, on a corpse nearby and can access the Sunlight Altar that lets you join Solaire's covenant.

The covenant can be joined by kneeling before the statue across the gate. To be able to do so though, you need to have 25 faith (although the faith requirement goes down by 5 each time you help someone beat a boss as a white phantom).

The next area is going to be Blighttown, one of the worst in the game. Make sure to gets a FUCKTON of moss from the female undead merchant. Everything in Blighttown is poison or on fire. There's always a risk of you falling to your death until you get to the ground, which gives you constant poison damage. Also there's blowgunners who will give you a very specific type of super poison that can only be cured with expensive Blooming Moss clumps. Also there's awesome treasures scattered everywhere but are placed in ares that are extremely annoying to reach.

Oh and you'll probably want to wait a bit before braving Sen's Fortress. There's a bit of a difficulty curve that becomes apparent as soon you fight its first enemies.

I'd recommend simply exploring the areas you've already beaten, looking to pick up items and upgrading your gear with titanite (speaking of which, you should probably forget about the Drake Sword by this point as it starts getting piss-weak without any scaling abilities, and start upgrading the claymore).

Some other things that I'd recommend doing include:

- revisiting the Undead Asylum, getting the doll and crest shield (would not recommend fighting the boss though)- getting the Fire Keeper Souls in New Londo and Blighttown, then upgrading your Estus Flask with them- teaming up for jolly co-operation whenever you feel like it- beating and exploring the Darkmoon Basin (although I would not recommend fighting it's boss either)- farming humanity in the Depths- killing Ceaseless Discharge- getting the ninja-flip ring (and if you want, weeaboo weaponry) from the Forest Hunters- killing the Undead Dragon in the Valley of Drakes- if you've got the balls plus a divine weapon, venture into the Catacombs and defeat Pinwheel to get the Rite of Kindling- killing Havel in Undead Burg and getting his amazing ring

Xandy wrote:- revisiting the Undead Asylum, getting the doll and crest shield (would not recommend fighting the boss though)- getting the Fire Keeper Souls in New Londo and Blighttown, then upgrading your Estus Flask with them- teaming up for jolly co-operation whenever you feel like it- beating and exploring the Darkmoon Basin (although I would not recommend fighting it's boss either)- farming humanity in the Depths- killing Ceaseless Discharge- getting the ninja-flip ring (and if you want, weeaboo weaponry) from the Forest Hunters- killing the Undead Dragon in the Valley of Drakes- if you've got the balls plus a divine weapon, venture into the Catacombs and defeat Pinwheel to get the Rite of Kindling- killing Havel in Undead Burg and getting his amazing ring

-How do I get back to the Asylum?-I think I have them already, I have +3 flask.-Will try to find players.-I beat Sif the giant wolf, is he the boss?-I can't kill Ceaseless Discharge. My guy relies on stamina defence. I can't roll away at all.-Where are the forest hunters?-I met the dragon. Got him to half health I think.-I went into the Catacombs the other day. I got quite far. I found an enemy who was human holding a lantern. Then all the skeletons regenerated and butfucked me.-Killed Havel already. My stamina could block most of his attacks!

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________He that climbs the highest has the greatest fall.

- See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGIX0MiEbE- Das good- Das good- Yes- I got him as far as I could towards the entrance, then would let him attack him, roll out of the way and start ripping up his arm. Although I was wearing very light armour and had a +3 Enchanted Claymore sooo...- In the Darkroot Basin/Garden, across from the door which you opened with Artorias' Crest- Whenever I kill the dragon I just spam wooden arrows/firebombs from a safe area until it dies. With my paladin I killed it with nine lightning spears.- That was a necromancer. If you kill them they stay dead for good and stop bringing skeletons back to life.- Are you using his ring? Because pretty much anyone who uses heavy armour should be using his ring.

Xandy wrote:- See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGIX0MiEbE- Das good- Das good- Yes- I got him as far as I could towards the entrance, then would let him attack him, roll out of the way and start ripping up his arm. Although I was wearing very light armour and had a +3 Enchanted Claymore sooo...- In the Darkroot Basin/Garden, across from the door which you opened with Artorias' Crest- Whenever I kill the dragon I just spam wooden arrows/firebombs from a safe area until it dies. With my paladin I killed it with nine lightning spears.- That was a necromancer. If you kill them they stay dead for good and stop bringing skeletons back to life.- Are you using his ring? Because pretty much anyone who uses heavy armour should be using his ring.

-Not gonna bother with the Undead Asylum.-Okay, across from the door. I swear that's where Sif is though.-I was thinking about doing that.-Okay, will go back there and kill the necromancer.-Yeah. But what's the benefit of being unencumbered? It's not like say Skyrim where you slow down to a stroll....

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________He that climbs the highest has the greatest fall.

Xandy wrote:- See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGIX0MiEbE- Das good- Das good- Yes- I got him as far as I could towards the entrance, then would let him attack him, roll out of the way and start ripping up his arm. Although I was wearing very light armour and had a +3 Enchanted Claymore sooo...- In the Darkroot Basin/Garden, across from the door which you opened with Artorias' Crest- Whenever I kill the dragon I just spam wooden arrows/firebombs from a safe area until it dies. With my paladin I killed it with nine lightning spears.- That was a necromancer. If you kill them they stay dead for good and stop bringing skeletons back to life.- Are you using his ring? Because pretty much anyone who uses heavy armour should be using his ring.

-Not gonna bother with the Undead Asylum.-Okay, across from the door. I swear that's where Sif is though.-I was thinking about doing that.-Okay, will go back there and kill the necromancer.-Yeah. But what's the benefit of being unencumbered? It's not like say Skyrim where you slow down to a stroll....

- Alright, but you'll have to go back eventually to access the Painted World in Anor Londo.- Sif area was near there, yes.- Das good.- Das good.- Being less encumbered means heavy armour will weight less and be easier to move/roll around in. Havel's Ring increases your equipment load by 50% which will make you mobile in even the heaviest armours. A must have for anyone who uses heavy armour.

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